JOIN NOW LOG IN
iVillage GardenWeb iVillage GardenWeb THE INTERNET'S GARDEN & HOME COMMUNITY ADVERTISEMENT
Blogs
Garden Voices
Forums
Garden Forums Home Forums Nature Forums
Photo Galleries
Garden Galleries Home Galleries
Ask The Experts Tools & Directories
Organization Directory Events Calendar Hortiplex Glossary Zone Finder Garden Bazaar
       
Return to the Botany Forum | Post a Follow-Up

o
Ribes spp.??

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings
Posted by MartieInCT Z5B Valley CT (My Page) on
Thu, Oct 6, 05 at 12:29

New here -- thanks, in advance, for any help.

I'm trying to decipher the difference between Ribes sativum and Ribes laxiflorum. One e-mail in response to a Shrubs forum post suggested that the R.s. is the domesticated version of the R.l. Wouldn't that make it the same plant? There were no other responses to go by.

I've researched the web and my Latin dictionary, but am confused. Nothing I've found can tell me the true difference in the species.

Again, thanks!

Martie

Follow-Up Postings:

o
RE: Ribes spp.??

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

If you cross two plants of the same species you get a very useful phenomenon of increased vigor, uniformaty and yeild.
This is commonly refered as hybrid vigor.
This is exploited by growers to improve plants size,quality of flowering and fruit.
An example is Camellia japonica reproduced sexually with Camellia saluenensis produces a hybrid which is called Camellia X williamsii.
This particular cross has produced many phenotypes which have been selected and propagated.
This means they are the same plant but with different characteristics.
I suppose it's like offspring of people,they share a combination of each gene of the parents.
One may have blond hair the other brown.
As with plants ,if the dominant gene is red and the sub-dominat is white then the flowers would mostly be red.
A ratio of say 3:1 If Rl may or may not at some time been crossed with another Ribes and produced Rs, or the other way round.
If I'm not mistaken sativum means cultivated.

o
RE: Ribes spp.??

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

R. sativum as grown in gardens is apparently a selection of a native red currant species of Northwestern Europe. A synonym for R. sativum is R. vulgare.

R. laxiflorum is apparently a species native to Northwestern North America.

Some cultivated currants are hybrids of different Ribes species.

Here is a link that might be useful: Ribes general information

o
RE: Ribes spp.??

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

Thanks so much for the link. Birds thank you, too :-)

Martie

  
 

 

 


Click here to learn more about in-text links on this page.



iVillage GardenWeb: The Internet's Garden & Home Community
Join | Garden Forums | Home Forums | Exchanges & Trading | Member Pages | Contact Us
© 2006 iVillage Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Policies FAQ | Advertising
  
  iVillage Home & Garden Network